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July 21, 2011
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Source: RTT NewsBombardier Transportation, the rail equipment division of Canadian transport major Bombardier Inc. (BBD_A.TO: News ,BBD_B.TO: News ), announced that the Chicago Transit Authority or CTA has placed orders for 300 additional rapid transit cars. These orders are valued at about US$331 million bringing the total number of cars ordered by CTA to 706, and the total value of the contract to about US$1 billion.
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Source: City Room / NY TimesA contractor who worked on a giant crane that collapsed and killed seven people was sanctioned by the buildings commissioner.
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Source: NY Daily NewsAlthough tax collections in this fiscal year so far were $799 million higher than projected, State Comptroller Tom P. DiNapoli today warned that budget risks remain.
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Source: NY PostBumbling Port Authority brass doled out a whopping $1.18 billion in contracts for everything from changing light bulbs to real-estate advice -- but routinely failed to see if the work could be done cheaper in-house, a scathing new audit found.
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Source: NY Daily NewsSunnyside merchants are urging the city to change parking rules on Queens Blvd. so that it becomes a shopping destination instead of a thoroughfare for out-of-borough drivers.
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Source: Transportation Nation
As we reported earlier this month, US Department of Transportation Secretary (and devoted TN reader — check out his yellow tie) Ray LaHood reached out to us to solicit questions for his latest episode of “On the Go,” his monthly video Q&A series. Today he tackles a few of them.
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Source:Ed Reiskin will be named today as the new executive director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, The Chronicle has learned.
July 20, 2011
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Source: Streetsblog
East River Bridges: 100 Free Years Take a "Toll" from Streetfilms on Vimeo.
The NYC Bridge Centennial Commission, co-founded by “Gridlock” Sam Schwartz, organized a re-enactment today near the Williamsburg Bridge, calling attention to the hundredth anniversary of the last toll collected on the East River bridges. Mayor William J. Gaynor’s century-old decision to eliminate bridge tolls translates to a cumulative loss of $31 billion in potential revenue for NYC. Tune in to hear what $31 million could do for the city’s transportation system.
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Source: Central New York Business JournalBAE Systems formed similar relationships with leading original-equipment manufacturers in the transit-bus market for its HybriDrive series product in Europe and North America.
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Source: Fox 5 NYConnecticut will buy more than two dozen new rail cars in addition to an already huge order of cars for use on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven line, according to Gov. Dan Malloy.
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Source: New York State AFL-CIOWith the August 2nd deadline to raise the national debt ceiling fast approaching, and the adoption of a radical, federal budget in the House of Representatives last April, a large coalition of labor, community, senior, and consumer groups, along with concerned New Yorkers, are embarking on a "Restore the American Promise" statewide caravan.
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Source: AFL-CIO Now BlogA group of T-Mobile technicians in Hamden, Conn., are the first T-Mobile workers to win a voice at work with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) after yesterday’s vote in the 15-worker unit.
While T-Mobile’s parent company Deutsche Telekom (DT) respects workers’ right to bargain collectively in Germany, T-Mobile’s U.S. management has fought workers’ organizing attempts with campaigns of delaying tactics and interference to intimidate workers.
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Source: NY Daily NewsA Brooklyn man accused of joining in a subway assault was freed without bail Monday night after his lawyer claimed it was a case of mistaken identity.
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Source: NY Daily NewsSome of the subway's littlest riders are its biggest fare-beaters, a new study says. Kids taller than 44 inches - the height limit for a free ride - made up 43% of fare-beaters observed by NYC Transit surveyors last year, an agency staff report says.
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Source: ReutersThe BlueGreen Alliance, a national partnership between labor unions and environmental organizations, said in a letter to Obama that it strongly supports his efforts to create new fuel-efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards for light-duty vehicles sold in model years 2017-2025.
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Source: Transportation NationWiFi is coming to NYC subway platforms, but not for another four years — and there will be no connectivity in tunnels.
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Source: Wall Street JournalA decision by Connecticut's public unions to ease their voting rules and forge a deal with Gov. Dannel Malloy is stirring up rank-and-file members.
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Source: NY Daily NewsRupert Murdoch, his son James and Rebekah Brooks assured the committee they never approved or knew about the rampant violations of the law that occurred under their watch. Rupert went so far as to say he would not accept "ultimate responsibility" for what happened. Really?
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Source: NY TimesFor the last three years, lawyers for the Bloomberg administration have argued in court alongside transportation union lawyers for the extension of unusual job protections for school bus drivers and other employees that can amount to lifetime job guarantees. But now that unlikely alliance is heading toward an abrupt end.
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Source: Crain's New YorkPartnerships between public and private sectors could give new meaning to the phrase “bridge and tunnel crowd,” infrastructure experts predict at Crain's forum on NYC's future.
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